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Best Motoring - Drift Bible

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This video demonstrates six different drift techniques: side (e-brake), shift lock (brute change to a lower gear), power over (wheel-spin of the rear), braking (weight transition), feint (turn back and forth) and lift off (release of throttle at high revs).

Keiichi Tsuchiya first shows and explains these methods bit-by bit using "S14 Silvia" car on the second hairpin at a Ebisu circuit going counter-clockwise, with various camera angles, from inside and outside the car. Besides the steering wheels and the pedals, you can always see the gauges of the force of the application of brake and gas pedal. The very neat feature, "G-Ball", will indicate the weight transition in each corner, as well as during the acceleration and braking.

Tsuchiya provides fair theoretical explanations of the methods, and shows the correct drifts and the common mistakes. The English soundtrack has more than seven thousand words in total. Just as an example, here is how this video explains the "shift lock" drift: "Notice that Tsuchiya's right foot is not doing the heel-and-doe move.... Kick the gas, all the way in third gear, brake, steer, than boom, he let the clutch go without using heel-and-toe. The rear will suddenly lock. Then you slide, countersteer from here. Rest is the same as the side brake drift. The corner entry procedure is the same as the side brake drift. The important point here is when to release the clutch. Tsuchiya lets off the clutch just as he easies off the brake and steers in. His braking only lasts for two seconds. It's like brake, brake, gas. The tail slides a curve right as he steers to the corner. This is how the car starts drifting from the corner entrance."

After demonstrating the six basic techniques, Tsuchiya show on the Maze circle how different cars (oversteered/neutral-steered/understeered, overpowered/underpowered, classical/new) react to different drift methods, and which modifications to the driving style are required to make these cars drift.

The examples are shown only with rear-wheel-drive cars, but if you omit the "shift lock" and "power over" techniques, you will be able to use the all methods on the forward-wheel-drive cars without any special adjustment.

The DVD has English and Japanese soundtracks, but the big drawback is that is has no opportunity to turn on the subtitles.

I think that Mr. Tsuchiya thoroughly capitivates the techniques involved in drifting. An aspiring drifter myself, having watched this DVD has given me insight into ways that I could better use to achieve better control over my vehicle and also to achieve better lap times!
Good photographic angles of driver steering, gear shifting and foot pedal work along with a lively commentary of just what's occurring during a circuit run makes grasping the principles even easier.
This DVD deserves a slot in your library of instructional DVD titles if you are seriously considering getting into the sport of drifting or care to know how to master control over your vehicle at high speeds in emergency situations.

I love this video, I am an experienced drifter who is so glad this sport/art form has finally come to american shores. This DVD will show you all you need to know, but trust me you will go through many tires and cars before getting to the smoothness of Mr. Tsuchiya. He goes over every technique imaginable for controlled sliding, and it is a must for anybody interested in this fast growing sport.

To those who haven't seen this DVD and have or haven't seen any other DVDs from Best Motoring, it should be noted right away that this is not really an entertaining DVD, it is strictly an instructional video. As long as you know that you can't be dissapointed. At $10 this is the best drift instruction you're going to get! Everything is clear, linear, and right to the point. Keiichi Tsuchiya does a great job of demonstrating all of the main drift techniques, on different types of corners, and in all different types of cars (minus front-wheel-drive). They also use a screen-in-screen feature (note: standard for the video, NOT a DVD selectable option) that shows the in-car steering, pedal movements, and (if I'm not confusing it with other BMI videos) the tachometer as well. The one thing that I thought was really thoughtful in the making of this DVD is that they put a brake light on the front of the car so that you can see the braking points and timing from an outside-front view going into a corner. Tsuchiya even gives tips and demonstrates the best path to take as you start drifting such as just starting with low speed 180 degree turns with the parking brake and where to go from there. Normally I would nitpick about how there should be a little bit in here on tuning for different types of cars, but after you see it you realize that it's just meant to be about the driving and at a beginner's level at that. So, I give it 5 stars. It's $10, what have you got to lose?...other than $10.

This was a great video for a novice or wanna be drifter (you know who you are..lol), I have been drifting for fun at courses for some time and this video did not teach me much but it did help me tune my techniuqe a little better and to be smoother with my drifts, great info about under powered cars and balance transfer, I feel that his drifts are much easier because of the downhill momentum and what looks like a humid and moist track, also the fact that he is driving a turbo charged car with probably overheated tires from difting so much in one course, you can really hear that bov in the background. He makes the underpowered rwd car slide easier with junkyard tires and weight transfer with some blipping of the throttle. A lot of practice is needed to learn the style from this drifter the way he wants you to, with a great suspension setup and good tires plus a lsd comes in handy for thoes dounuts and a rwd car is of course a lot of fun if you can get one and for that you need a very large track for the errors that most likley will happen like her says. the video is all in dubbed english and no subtitles so it might take a few veiws to actualy get it all in your head. I am happy to have this in my library and for the price it was still well worth it.

Great video! Well put together w/ good footage and reasonable dubbing.
NTSE!!! Will not work in US DVD Players!!!
Still worth every penny. I'm having a blast.

This product is excellent. I was looking for this DVD for quite some time and it was shipped quickly. Excellent product and service.

This DVD is how to drift, and by that I mean learning tool to understand the basics. It goes int good detail and shows many examples. I figure it is best to use this as something to watch before having someone show you how to drift at a drift event. Good instructional video.

Drift Bible is a very informative DVD whether you are just entering the drift scene or you are a professional looking to fine tune your skils. You will find everything from vehicle selection to different styles of drifting. Great in-car and out-of-car footage as well as slow motion and magnified speedometer, brake/gas meters, and g-force guages to break down every move.

This is a special featuring only Keichi at his best. He explains everything thoroughly and the videos are of superior quality. This is a must buy for anyone who drives on a racetrack, as the information provided is broad enough as to include techniques that help keep control of the car without leaving a big pile of rubber in the track and smoking the spectators out.